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CR1 Clade of Non-LTR Retrotransposons from Maculinea BMC Evolutionary Biology B io M ed Central Research article Open Access CRI clade of non-LTR retrotransposons from Maculinea butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): evidence for recent horizontal transmission Olga Novikova*1, Ewa Śliwińska2, Victor Fet3, Josef Settele4, Alexander Blinov1 and Michal Woyciechowski2 Address: laboratory of Molecular Evolution, Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia, 2UJAG - Jagiellonian University, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Krakow, Poland, 3Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA and 4Department of Community Ecology, UFZ - Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Halle (Saale), Germany Email: Olga Novikova* - [email protected]; Ewa Śliwińska - [email protected]; Victor Fet - [email protected]; Josef Settele - [email protected]; Alexander Blinov - [email protected]; Michal Woyciechowski - [email protected] * Corresponding author Published: 25 June 2007 Received: 24 November 2006 BMC Evolutionary Biology 2007, 7 :93 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-93 Accepted: 25 June 2007 This article is available from: http://www.biomedcentral.eom/l47l-2l48/7/93 © 2007 Novikova et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background: Non-long terminal repeat (non-LTR) retrotransposons are mobile genetic elements that propagate themselves by reverse transcription of an RNA intermediate. Non-LTR retrotransposons are known to evolve mainly via vertical transmission and random loss. Horizontal transmission is believed to be a very rare event in non-LTR retrotransposons. O ur knowledge of distribution and diversity of insect non-LTR retrotransposons is limited to a few species - mainly model organisms such as dipteran genera Drosophila, Anopheles, and Aedes. However, diversity of non-LTR retroelements in arthropods seems to be much richer. The present study extends the analysis of non-LTR retroelements to C R l clade from four butterfly species of genus Maculinea (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). The lycaenid genus Maculinea, the object of interest for evolutionary biologists and also a model group for European biodiversity studies, possesses a unique, specialized myrmecophilous lifestyle at larval stage. Their caterpillars, after three weeks of phytophagous life on specific food plants drop to the ground where they are adopted to the ant nest by Myrmica foraging workers. Results: W e found that the genome of Maculinea butterflies contains multiple C RI lineages of non- LTR retrotransposons, including those from M acCRIA, MacCRI B and T IQ families. A comparative analysis of RT nucleotide sequences demonstrated an extremely high similarity among elements both in interspecific and intraspecific comparisons. CRIA-like elements were found only in family Lycaenidae. In contrast, M acCRIB lineage clones were extremely similar to C R IB non-LTR retrotransposons from Bombycidae moths: silkworm Bombyx mori and Oberthueria caeca. Conclusion: The degree of coding sequence similarity of the studied elements, their discontinuous distribution, and results of divergence-versus-age analysis make it highly unlikely that these sequences diverged at the same time as their host taxa. The only reasonable alternative explanation is horizontal transfer. In addition, phylogenetic markers for population analysis of Maculinea could be developed based on the described non-LTR retrotransposons. Background The mode of retrotransposition and phylogenetic studies Non-long terminal repeat (non-LTR) retrotransposons are suggested that evolution of non-LTR retrotransposons mobile genetic elements that propagate by reverse tran­ proceeds mainly via vertical transmission and random scription of an RNA intermediate. These elements lack ter­ loss of elements from a population [3]. Horizontal trans­ minal repeats and utilize a simplified target-primed mission is believed to be a very rare event for this class of reverse transcription (TPRT) mechanism for their retro- retrotransposons. Nevertheless, at least one well-docu­ transposition. During TPRT, the element-encoded endo­ mented case of horizontal transmission is known. Hori­ nuclease cleaves the genomic DNA, and reverse zontal transmission of Bov-B elements from an ancestral transcriptase (RT) uses this break to prime reverse tran­ snake lineage (Boidae) to the ancestor of ruminants has scription from the elem ent's RNA. Resulting cDNA copy is been confirmed on the basis of discontinuous distribu­ then integrated into the target site [1,2]. tion, extreme nucleotide sequence conservation, and phy­ logenetic analysis [15]. Based on their structure, non-LTR retrotransposons can be classified into two groups. The first group has a single In the present study, we examined the diversity of CR1 open reading frame (ORF) that encodes RT in the middle clade of non-LTR retrotransposons in lycaenid butterflies and a restriction enzyme-like endonuclease (RLE) near its of the genus Maculinea. Molecular systematic studies con­ C-terminus. The second group of non-LTR retrotrans- firmed the existence of seven Maculinea species, most of posons has two ORFs: ORF1 and ORF2; the latter encodes them with several subspecies [16]. Maculinea arion L., M. two domains responsible for retrotransposition: apurinic/ alcon (Denis et Schiffermüller), and M. teleius (Berg- apyrimidinic endonuclease (APE)-like endonuclease strässer) are widely distributed from western Europe to domain at the N-terminus and RT domain in the middle. East Asia, while M. nausithous (Bergsträsser) ranges from W est Europe to Central Asia. M. cyanecula (Eversmann) is The RT domain has been used to classify non-LTR retro- restricted to Central Asia, while M. arionides (Staudinger) transposons into phylogenetic groups, or clades [3]. Orig­ and M. kurenzovi (Sibatani, Saigusa et Hirowatari) are inally, 11 clades were distinguished among non-LTR found in East Asia [16-18]. In Europe, Maculinea are an retrotransposons. Later, the total number of clades object of interest of evolutionary biologists and model increased to 16, with the addition of Genie [4], NeSL-1 species for biodiversity studies since they are considered [5], Ingi, Rex1 [6], and L2 clades [7]. This num ber is likely vulnerable or threatened [19-21] and also because of their to increase further since almost every detailed study of fascinating biology. All Maculinea species are character­ non-LTR retrotransposons brings additional information ized by a specialized myrmecophilous lifestyle at larval about their phylogeny and diversity [8-10]. For example, stage. Their caterpillars, after three weeks of phytophagous a new family encoding both RLE and APE endonucleases life on specific food plants drop to the ground where they was described recently [10]. are adopted to the ant nest by Myrmica foraging workers. Larvae remain within the nest for a period of approxi­ Non-LTR retrotransposons represent a large fraction of mately 10 or 22 months, during which time they increase known retroelements in insects. At the same time, most of their body mass almost 100 times without moulting [22­ our knowledge on distribution and diversity of non-LTR 24]. Three Maculinea species, M. teleius, M. nausithous and retrotransposons from insects is limited to model organ­ M. arion, are obligatory predators of the ant larvae. How­ isms such as dipteran genera Drosophila, Anopheles, and ever, M. alcon, so-called "cuckoo" species, is a fully inte­ Aedes [8,11,12]. Almost nothing is known about many grated social parasite and is fed by workers by trophic eggs other insect groups. Several studies attempted to test a and regurgitation [25]. wide range of arthropods for the presence of particular clades, e.g. distribution of R1 and R2 clades has been Their unusual life history traits, such as parasitic life style, explored in detail in different arthropods [13]. differentiated feeding strategies, exceptions to normal insect growth rules as an adaptation to long starvation Our recent study of scorpions (Arachnida) revealed an period [26] and one or two-year mode of caterpillar's unexpected diversity of non-LTR retrotransposons within growth, make genus Maculinea a very interesting model several clades in this ancient arthropod group, with at for evolutionary studies, including studies of non-LTR ret- least three distant clusters in CR1 clade [14]. Previously, rotransposons diversity and evolution. Moreover, non- only one family, T1Q-like elements, was described inside LTR retrotransposons could be very useful as molecular this clade from arthropods [3,8,11]. Studies of non-LTR markers in intraspecific phylogeography of Maculinea. retrotransposon diversity can provide a valuable contribu­ tion into understanding of evolution and spreading of We implemented broad analysis for CR1 group in an mobile elements in arthropods. attempt to cover the diversity of CR1-like elements from Maculinea butterflies and evaluate the possibilities for development of phylogenetic markers. Distinct evolution­ Bank:DQ836392]. Representatives of R1 clade appear to ary lineages of the CR1-like non-LTR retrotransposons play a very important role in telomere maintenance in were identified, showing significant variation among CR1 insects [27,28]. For example, TRAS1 and SART1 elements clade elements. from Bombyx mori are site-specific
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